During the next few weekends, teen Girl Scouts that are part of the Together Greening Project will execute their action project based on reducing waste. They are collecting plastic bags and will give you a recyclable one in return when you visit the booth.

The girls are part of a global effort to make environmental change with USA Girl Scouts Overseas in China and have been working together in different initiatives all made possible by the generosity of the Alcoa Foundation’s environment theme to reduce, recycle, and replenish.

The girls are challenging every girl in every troop in the entire council to make the switch to reusable grocery bags and track how many times from February 1st through February 28th they have used their bag.

At the end of the month Girl Scouts will be able to submit their totals through an online survey where we will be able to track how many plastic bags and bottles didn’t end up in the garbage!